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The claymation anti-hero in 5 new adventures. Decaff has a short fuse and he's not having a good day.... Decaff's creator, Greg Page, went on to make horror flick The Locals.

Born and raised in the city, Mana takes leave from his middle management job to seek his cultural roots and Maori identity by immersing himself in the ways of his rural tribe.  He soon learns that being tangata whenua (people of the land) involves...

Part of the groundbreaking Pacific Island drama series, Tala Pasifika, that screened on TV One in 1996, this is a moving story about a tragic accident that leaves a woman dead and a family finally facing the truth. A mother's worst nightmare comes...

From the hotel being a hole in the ground to the arrival of its first guests, the process takes a lightning nine minutes to complete.  it is followed by a colourful animated credit sequence which is almost a film in its own right. The film was shot...

Crush is the debut feature from Alison Maclean, who would go on to direct episodes of hit TV shows Sex and the City, Gossip Girl and The Tudors. Maclean's feature was the third New Zealand film to be part of the Official...

Director Grant Lahood is master of the quirky comedic short film - the creative force behind other internationally-successful shorts Snail's Pace and Lemming Aid. Lahood has also directed the feature films Kombi Nation and...

When Patsy hitched a ride... it was her father who picked her up. And he became a stranger.

Lenny Minute is a detective in the urban wasteland of Asiatown. Lenny tells us the story that has led him to stand naked before us.  Through his memory, a strange tale of romance, love and death unveils. Lenny is woken by a call from police chief...

Sal meets a saucy tow truck driver (played by Lucy Lawless aka Xena)  on her way home to her toddler and boyfriend Mog. When Mog's friends show up for drinks, they include the tow-truck driver whose presence stirs up desire.

Animators Joe Wylie and John Robertson create a world of creepy-crawlies, in which a meddling nightwatchman sends evolution spiraling out of control in a pesticide factory.  Part B-movie and part black comedy, the film's ambient score and trippy...

Hadezhda Ivanova, a very famous Bulgarian folksinger, writes to a woman...a stranger, in Sydney, Australia.  She wants sponsorship to bring her raw and ancient singing to the West.  Maria, the stranger, does not want a 'Singing Slav' in...

A. S. Williams, successful concert pianist, has taken an overdose of pills. He waits for them to take effect and roams about his room. Through images we witness his passage from conscious decision making to final blurred vision and emotion.

I'm in Here is a comedy about the lengths a man's got to go to when a man's got to go!

Pacific 3-2-1-Zero is a film document of a powerful anti-nuclear protest work by the internationally acclaimed New Zealand performance group, From Scratch. The group uses large custom-built instruments made from industrial plastics and extruded...

Unseen by her parents, she takes a taste of their life.  She learns that things are as they are - that olives are not so sweet. She prefers her own world for the time being and returns to her sleep.

One of five animated short films based on the best-selling children's books by internationally acclaimed New Zealand author, Margaret Mahy.  The collection is entitled The Magical World of Margaret Mahy.

THE LAST TATTOO is a romantic thriller set during wartime in 1943, when 100,000 U.S. Marines were shipped to New Zealand to defend the country against Japanese invasion and to prepare for the long and bitter Pacific campaign. Marine Captain Mike...

This stylishly high camp melodrama from directors Stewart Main and Peter Wells won acclaim, after debuting at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival. In the imaginary 19th-century town of Hope, draper Dorothea Brooks (Jennifer Ward-Lealand) is desperate to save...

Based on the picture book by internationally reknowned Kiwi author, Margaret Mahy, The Great White Man Eating Shark was the first of several Mahy tales to be animated by Euan Frizzell.  Following the success of this short, four more stories were...

He hasn't been the same since his wife died.  He hasn't shot a portrait in years. When two young lovers stumble into his studio, the past comes back to life. SNAP! They asked him to capture their happiness on film. So he did.

Paul’s mum, a music teacher in a poor suburb, is terminally ill.  Sensitive to his mum’s love of music, Paul pushes her in her wheelchair as she listens to a Debussy prelude.  Soon after, seeking to prove himself to some older boys...

Six over-zealous Kiwi animal rights activists have travelled to Norway on a misguided mission: to stop a crazed horde of lemmings from leaping into oblivion. Armed only with good intentions and soft, puffy pillows, they form a human wall on the edge og...

Actor Michael Hurst's first film as director takes its title from a song by country music icon, Hank Williams. The film takes staples of country music Americana and transports them into New Zealand of the 1950s. After their marriage ends, a salesman...

DIRECTOR’S NOTES - Niki Caro “I wanted to make a small film about our trampled instincts and forgotten tenderness. A story that was both epic and intimate, that could work on both real and mystical levels. Sure To Rise is a love story...

Based on a short film by Bernard Malamud, this short film explores the complex relationship between an actor and his model.  Tensions rise when the model demands to see the painting before the artist considers it finished and she begins to suspect...

The success of animator Euan Frizzell's wry adaptation of Margaret Mahy’s picture book, The Great White Maneating Shark, saw four more Mahy tales follow (collected on DVD as The Magical World of Margaret Mahy). Among a trio of awards,...

A whale's tooth, coloured glass, a china doll... As fast as Noel unearths forgotten junk, Faith gives is pride of place on her shelves. Suddenly tremours beome jolts, jolts become creaks and groans... When you're digging up the past, how deep...

The success of animator Euan Frizzell's wry adaptation of Margaret Mahy’s picture book, The Great White Maneating Shark, saw four more Mahy tales follow (collected on DVD as The Magical World of Margaret Mahy). Ray Henwood provides...

A friendly cricket game.  And along comes Bradman, a large canine sports fan. When Bradman takes it into his head to eat the ball, no-one can divert his attention from his chewing.  The umpire insists the ball is still in the field of play and...

In a world where security is fleeting and momentary... Dorothy has a safe spot... the middle of an empty swimming pool. Suddenly a team intent on training appears and a drama of epic proprtions ensues. Driven by an instinct for survival, Dorothy...

Suppose for a moment, that jostling among the billions of humans and animals on this planet, there are a whole host of other beings. Free of a body, but not without personlity. In fact, let's say the whole world is teeming with such beings, all...

Money, how far will people go to get it? Allegiences shift and a deadly game of musical chairs begins. the question is, who will be left standing....

Part of the Magical World of Margaret Mahy TV Series.